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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • June 16, 2026

    2nd Circ. Won't Let Man Reverse Tax Plea Over Bad Advice

    The Second Circuit issued a summary order Tuesday affirming the conviction of a Connecticut man who pled guilty to tax crimes, disagreeing that allegedly misleading advice from trial attorneys about the immigration implications of his plea warranted his withdrawing it.

  • June 16, 2026

    Consumers Call Google Search Damages 'Palpably Obvious'

    Consumers want a California federal judge to preserve their antitrust claims accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they don't yet need to articulate damages each has borne because it's "impossible" for them not to have been harmed.

  • June 16, 2026

    Judge Won't Nix Minor's Guardian In Ethiopia Crash Suit

    An Illinois federal judge won't remove a court-appointed independent guardian for the minor child of a victim of the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, saying the litigation behavior of the child's grandparents in opposing the appointment has only reinforced the need for one.

  • June 16, 2026

    Ex-Judge Loses Bid To Undo ICE Obstruction Conviction

    Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah Dugan has failed in her attempt to use a Fourth Circuit decision to vacate her conviction for helping a defendant in her courtroom evade immigration agents, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday the decision involves fact patterns that differ from her case.

  • June 16, 2026

    Ga. Judge Steps Away From DOJ Voter Case After Ethics Flap

    U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross of Georgia agreed to recuse herself in a U.S. Department of Justice suit seeking full access to Georgia election records after being reprimanded for her attendance at a partisan politician event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has prosecuted President Donald Trump.

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